Fomapan - An Institution

Foma has been one of the institutions in film production in Europe. Their classic monochrome films are reliable, consistent and we should shoot more of them!

Foma is one of the long standing film producers. They have been around since 1921 and also produce other photographic materials, such as developers. I had long wanted to try some of their films out and had even gotten hold of some old, expired films but strangely not of their still produced outstanding monochrome emulsion I had heard so much about.

I was thrilled when my friend mattydk sent me a roll of Fomapan 400/120 for our 120 roll exchange doubles!
I reverently inserted the roll into my Holga, for we had agreed to both use that camera for this roll. I was very lucky, as we hadn’t re spooled the rolls and the paper didn’t jam while I was essentially shooting the roll backwards. The Holga doesn’t allow for minute exposure calculation so I crossed my fingers that it would work out, but Foma film is supposed to be forgiving.

The next step where I relied on the ruggedness of the Foma emulsion was development. I used standard Rodinal procedure. When I saw the negatives, I was thrilled they looked so nice, but when I scanned the film I saw that we both overexposed the roll so that the doubles did not succeed. This shows that this film is really fast and worked well with Rodinal despite it lowering effective speed. I really liked the tonality of the images though, they were really dreamy. For this tonality and the overall excellent quality I do recommend this fast medium format monochrome emulsion!

Adi, Ekeu, and I did a lomowalk around downtown Bandung last Saturday, the beginning of November. We planned to use our Lubitel cameras with only one roll of film each. We were inspired by the One Roll of Film Project by four Tokyo-based photographers with their Hasselblad cameras. This is about the one roll of film I shot with the Lubitel 166U, which made me love shooting in medium format even more.

By now most of you would have heard of Lomokev, one of the UK's most prolific film photographers. Based in Brighton, Lomokev loves to shoot with the trusty LC-A and his work has been featured in numerous publications and projects. Here's an exclusive interview, along with a several fantastic shots by the talented UK-based photographer.

We asked some of New York’s hottest designers to lend their talent in designing some of our La Sardina DIY cameras, and we are very excited to share with you Verena's work. Verena is an illustrator and graphic designer who has contributed to the site for '40 Days of Dating' and so much more.

The Ting Tings are a musical duo from Manchester who have more pop hits than you can shake a stick at. They are most famous for their 2008 hit "That's Not My Name" which got even the stiffest of people shaking in their seats. The Ting Tings are back with a brand new album called Super Critical. They are big film fanatics (check out their website for proof) so we gave them a Sprocket Rocket Camera and a bunch of film to document their life in sunny IBIZA.

On this day and age when many are incorporating digital gear into their workflows, whether fully or partly, there still are photographers who remain rooted to their analog roots and continue to shoot with film cameras. In commemoration of Film Photography Day happening tomorrow, we have scoured through our past interviews to highlight the reasons these photographers choose to still shoot film.

Are you ready for an adrenaline rush? A little while ago, we teamed up with the snowboard and film-making collective Yougofirst and gave them a LomoKino and some film rolls to play with. After a season of crazy riding, jumps and tricks, they have finished their latest movie HETEROTOPIA which features footage shot with our 35mm movie-maker. We had the chance to catch up with Vid and Matic from the collective about the new movie and their experiences shooting analogue on the slopes. It's also our pleasure to showcase the movie here!

The Oscillation are a UK-based Psychedelic space-rock band formed in London in 2006. The band's live shows are a cacophony of growling guitars and hypnotic drum rhythms accompanied by some trippy analogue light shows from experimental filmmaker Julian Hand and light show artist Julian Hand. We gave them an LC-A+ and sent them out into the night! Read on for more.

The submissions are in and it's been tough narrowing them down to three winners. Thanks to everyone who submitted photos for the Candy Kittens Rumble. Read on to find out if you are one of the lucky ones!

In New York City, winter has been harsh and long, the nights long and cold, and shooting outside is not fun anymore. So when the Lomo'Instant Boston Edition hit the shelves this week and the new Splitzer arrived at the Lomography Gallery Store New York, we decided to do a round of light painting portraits instead of sunny ones.